Got a few hours with this tonight and absolutely loving it. Decided to plonk the base in Europe and research is coming along nicely.

Thus far in the field the troops have taken a number of injuries but so far we've suffered no losses and captured a few live aliens. Currently researching an armour upgrade and I've already got access to laser weaponary though I lack the necessary engineers to construct them atm. Also of concern is that the panic level in the UK & Japan is a bit on the high side so it's time to get some more eyes in the sky sooner rather than later.